Archive for August 2010

Seller daves_aussie_deals obviously bought the flash drives in this ebay listing from a fraudulent wholesale outlet as this leather and steel type model is a notorious fake capacity USB flash drive that corrupts files. The seller may have no idea that these are fakes – a lot of sellers who buy from fraudulent suppliers in China don’t realise.

Never buy this model of flash drive – it is always fake, as is anything with the little shiny capacity sticker you can see in the photo and any type of flash drive that comes in this particular package!

We previously reported our suspicions that the flash drives sold by simple-solutions2010 were a bit on the cheap side. This seller changed ID on August 14th to simplesolutionz2010 – now why would someone do that?

Could it be that this seller has something to hide? As you can see from the screenshot on the right this is not this seller’s first ID change.

A number of 8GB and 16GB HP flash drives have been sold at auction on ebay by lmc059 and it appears that the seller may have made a loss on about half the listings if the flash drives are genuine. This makes us wonder whether these might be fake capacity counterfeits purchased from a fraudulent wholesale outlet.

If you bought a flash drive on ebay from eccoboy1974 we advise you to test it with h2testw as we have a feeling that these are fake capacity flash drives bought from a fraudulent supplier. A lot of ebay sellers buy from fraudulent wholesale outlets in China and we suspect this is the case with this seller.

Often ebay sellers have no idea that they are selling fakes – it doesn’t occur to them that they should test at least a sample of the stock with h2testw before listing on ebay. We suggest that seller eccoboy1974 does so immediately!!

It appears that eccoboy1974 sold 10 of these in a previous ebay listing (Item number: 200513130227) that ended yesterday, so if this is a seller who made an honest mistake he or she will have a bit of sorting out to do in contacting buyers and refunding them in order not to destroy the 100% positive feedback score the seller currently has.

No one could sell a genuine 256GB Kingston DataTraveler 310 USB flash drive on ebay for the price in this buy it now listing from xieshouqian15810. It costs more than this to MAKE one of these USB flash drives unless it is a fake capacity counterfeit that corrupts files. Draw your own conclusions!

If this 128GB Kingston DataTraveler 200 flash drive sold on ebay by ltech007 was genuine then seller ltech007 made a loss by auctioning it. However, the apparent lack of a serial number on the back of the packaging makes us sure it is counterfeit. Normally we would advise people to check the serial number with Kingston to ensure a flash drive is genuine, however if there is no serial number it simply has to be a fake capacity counterfeit that corrupts files.

Whether you are a buyer or a seller always check the back of the package to find the serial number for a Kingston flash drives. Each Kingston flash drive (at least the high capacity ones, anyway) should have a unique serial number. If there is no serial number (or the serial numbers are the same) it’s counterfeit. All genuine Kingston flash drives have the drive capacity, model and other information engraved on the USB connector – no engraving means a counterfeit!!

If this 128GB Kingston DataTraveler 200 and the 256GB Kingston DataTraveler 310 flash drive listed at auction on ebay are genuine then seller coolmeat234718 risks making a loss on both sales. Buyers can check whether or not these are genuine by verifying the serial numbers with Kingston. If the serial number cannot be verified then the flash drive is a fake capacity counterfeit that corrupts files.